This content is machine translated 3rd DermAcademy 2014 Immunotherapy in practice and nutritional aspects of acne The therapy concept for allergic diseases is based on three principles: Allergen abstinence or elimination is optimal, but it is time-consuming and in individual cases can be expensive. Pharmacotherapy is…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Care of the skin in old age Especially the drought can become a problem The physiological changes of aging skin are fairly well described. The most important seems to be the fact that almost all people over 60 years suffer from dry skin. This…
View Post 13 min This content is machine translated Folic acid as a dietary supplement The multiple health benefits of adequate folic acid intake In order to assess the appropriate use of folic acid as a supplement or its fortification in foods, it is necessary to know the biological importance, the supply of the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Folic acid Better informed about the prevention of spina bifida At the annual meeting of the Folic Acid Offensive Switzerland, various speakers from medicine and science discussed the local supply situation and possible opportunities for improvement. In particular, the lack…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Vitamin D Many Swiss suffer from an undersupply in winter Since the human skin produces vitamin D only when exposed to sunlight and food is an insufficient alternative source, a majority of the Swiss population is undersupplied during the winter…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Food allergies - part 2 Allergens can be transferred with the saliva of the partner In the second part of the article on food allergies (the first part appeared in DERMATOLOGIE PRAXIS 4/2013), pollen-associated food allergies, oral allergy syndrome, rare food allergy trigger pathways such…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Food supplements Folic acid is a MUST even before pregnancy Around 75 expectant parents in Switzerland are still confronted with the diagnosis of spina bifida every year – too many and unnecessarily, as became clear at a press conference in…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Zurich Review Course in Clinical Cardiology Cardiac therapy from aspirin to vitamin D From April 11-13, 2013, the Review Course in Clinical Cardiology was held in Zurich for the eleventh time. Renowned experts dealt with a variety of topics from the field of…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Obesity Diets make you fat It has long been known that diets make people fat, or are at the starting point of a long history of suffering for many a morbidly obese person. The following…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Editorial Obesity and metabolic diseases Obesity (BMI> 30 kg/m2) has developed relatively rapidly in industrialized nations from a marginal group phenomenon to a real socio-economic problem. The changed living conditions of our society have led…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Food allergies - part 1 The hundred-year history of food allergies DERMATOLOGIE PRAXIS already contained several articles on the epidemiology, clinic, modern diagnostics and therapy of food allergies as well as food intolerances [1–7]. This article briefly reviews the history of…
